Tottenham Hotspur has their man.
Fabrizio Romano reports the reeling London club is set to appoint Roberto De Zerbi as its new manager.
🚨💣 BREAKING: Tottenham agree deal to appoint Roberto De Zerbi as new head coach, here we go!
Story revealed yesterday now confirmed as De Zerbi has accepted #THFC job with IMMEDIATE effect.
Five year deal set to be signed as De Zerbi decides to accept this challenge. pic.twitter.com/3kFE88F4Y3
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) March 31, 2026
De Zerbi is set to join on a five-year deal.
It’s a return to the Premier League for the 46-year-old Italian, who previously spent two seasons at the helm of Brighton from 2022 to 2024. Most recently, De Zerbi served as manager of Marseille before his exit by mutual consent in early February.
De Zerbi is set to join a club in crisis. Spurs has not won a Premier League match in 2026 and sits a single point above the relegation zone with seven matches to play. Going down to the Championship would be absolutely ruinous for a club the size of Spurs.
The former Shakhtar Donetsk, Palermo and Sassuolo manager succeeds Igor Tudor, who was fired on Sunday only seven matches into his interim reign at the club. He lost five matches, drew one and won a single game. His lone victory came in the second leg of a Champions League Round of 16 tie against Atletico that the team lost 7-5 on aggregate.
Prior to his managerial career, De Zerbi was a midfielder in his playing days. A product of the Milan academy, the Brescia native spent time at Napoli, Como and Romanian side Cluj during a 16-year pro career. He retired in 2013.
Spurs returns to action on Apr. 12 away to Sunderland.